Biomimetic Robotic Measurement of Water Bottle Stiffness
January 1, 2019Niagara Bottling LLC Engineering, 2018-19
Liaison(s): Madhusudan Govindraju, Ian Song ’17
Advisor(s): Ziyad Durón ’81
Students(s): Alex Nunes, Laurel Schy, Marisa de Souza (TL-F), Jane Cho Watts (F), Kayla Yamada (TL-S)
Niagara Bottling LLC aims to reduce plastic in their bottled water products while maintaining functionality and customer satisfaction. To aid in new bottle testing, the Niagara Robotic Clinic team is developing a process to correlate data from a robotic hand programmed to grasp bottles with bottle stiffness rankings determined by student survey participants.